GOP governors brace for anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ protests
Leftists, enraged that American voters elected Donald Trump president for a second term, and infuriated by his policies to close America’s borders and work to deport illegal alien criminals, are launching a long list of “No Kings” protests this coming weekend.
In dozens, perhaps hundreds, of cities.
And, fearing that they are nothing more than an open door for terrorism and rioting, GOP governors are warning organizers and participants.
A report in the Washington Examiner confirms that governors in Utah, Texas and South Carolina already have warned against anyone allowing, or participating in, violence.
South Carolina’s Gov. Henry McMaster confirmed well in advance of events being promoted by leftists for this weekend that he would put his state on an elevated alert as needed.
He was echoing comments from his attorney general, Alan Wilson, who said in a statement his office is aware of possible “coordinated protests and acts of civil disobedience.”
Prosecutors will use the “fullest extent of the law” for those responsible for attacking police, destroying property or endangering lives, as leftist protests-turned-riots frequently do, he warned.
“If people want to protest and want to voice their opinion, that’s fine. But when you start destroying property, scaring people, hurting people that’s when law enforcement swings into action,” McMaster said. “I would urge people who want to cause trouble in our state to think twice because this is not the place to cause trouble. You will be held accountable.”
It will be the Texas National Guard that will help keep things calm in that state, said Gov. Greg Abbott.
And Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said, “Just a word of warning to anybody who is thinking about any type of violence or chaos or property damage or vandalism. It will not happen here, and you will be held accountable. We are going to be overprepared.”
The Examiner reported “millions” of critics of America’s president, elected by landslides in the popular vote and the Electoral College, “are set to take to the streets in what is set to be the largest nationwide anti-Trump mobilization effort” since he took office in January.”
Some 1,800 events are being promoted by the leftists. They call their campaign the “No Kings” demonstrations.
The events are to be Saturday, the 250th birthday of the U.S. Army, when a parade is scheduled in Washington.
Promoters of the possibly violent events have claimed, “The No Kings mobilizations on June 14 were already planned as a peaceful stand against authoritarian overreach and the gross abuse of power this Administration has shown. Now, this military escalation only confirms what we’ve known: this government wants to rule by force, not serve the people. From major cities to small towns, we’ll rise together and say: we reject political violence. We reject fear as governance. We reject the myth that only some deserve freedom.”
Trump described those protesting against the elected American government as “people that hate our country.”
Those will be met, as needed, “with very heavy force.”
Democrats and other extremists have claimed over and over that Trump is going to set himself up as king, and the most recent election is the last one that will happen for America.
Cox confirmed that he’s seen videos of the anti-Trump riots in Los Angeles this week already, and “The damage that is being done is unconscionable, and we just can’t have that in a civil society.”